Workers battling to remove stricken boat blocking canal near Devizes
12:30pm Friday 5th October 2012 in Latest News By Jill Crooks
The Lady Victoria yesterday
Work has begun to rescue the sunken narrowboat from the Kennet and Avon Canal near Devizes.
The boat, the Lady Victoria, sank while negotiating Lock 22 at Lower Foxhangers on Wednesday night.
Staff from the Canal and River Trust have started putting a dam in the lock and will then empty it of water.
Workers will then get on to the boat and pump out the water. They hope this will result in the boat floating back to the top and be able to manoeuvre it out of the lock.
If the pumping operation is unsuccessful the boat will be lifted out by crane.
The Caen Hill flight of locks, between 22 and 44, are closed to boat traffic.
Comments(17)
aturner289
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12:56pm Fri 5 Oct 12
WhatDoIPayMyCouncilTaxFor?
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3:13pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Grumpy of Calne.
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5:03pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Blackmalkin
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7:04pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Grumpy of Calne.
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9:32pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Blackmalkin wrote:Costly mistake!
Caught on the lock sill, presumably. Easy mistake to make.
Laptop_Larry
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8:12am Sat 6 Oct 12
Blackmalkin wrote:This boat was going uphill so didn't get caught on the cill. However, it has been cleared now.
Caught on the lock sill, presumably. Easy mistake to make.
Marrytime
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9:13am Sat 6 Oct 12
Laptop_Larry wrote:Easy mistake to make, presuming things, eh Blackmalkin?
Blackmalkin wrote:This boat was going uphill so didn't get caught on the cill. However, it has been cleared now.
Caught on the lock sill, presumably. Easy mistake to make.
Hmmmf
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9:34am Sat 6 Oct 12
Marrytime wrote:Presumably that's why Blackmalkin used the word "presumably" in the very first sentence of his post. Presume - suppose - assume - guess - conjecture - imagine - surmise... Mind you, I'm only presuming that that Blackmalkin knew what the word meant when he elected to use it. In the absence of any facts concerning the sinking in the article, presumption on the part of the reader seems perfectly reasonable. In fact, poor journalism makes presumption necessary, the mistake being on the part of the journalist who forgot the "Why".
Laptop_Larry wrote:Easy mistake to make, presuming things, eh Blackmalkin?
Blackmalkin wrote:This boat was going uphill so didn't get caught on the cill. However, it has been cleared now.
Caught on the lock sill, presumably. Easy mistake to make.
Marrytime
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1:36pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Poor journalism yes, but at least honest unlike some national papers who presume rather a lot.
Phorever
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3:54pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Bottom Of The Barrel
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6:48pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Phorever wrote:Presumably, it filled with water.
So, how did it sink?
itsamess3
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7:31pm Sun 7 Oct 12
notscot
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7:33pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Bottom Of The Barrel wrote:Now THAT is funny. Cheers!
Phorever wrote:Presumably, it filled with water.
So, how did it sink?
Redevo
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11:49am Tue 9 Oct 12
notscot wrote:Sherlock Holmes is alive and well in Wiltshire!!!.... but that comment made I chuckle :)
Bottom Of The Barrel wrote:Now THAT is funny. Cheers!Phorever wrote: So, how did it sink?Presumably, it filled with water.
itsamess3
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8:20pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Phorever
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3:14pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Bottom Of The Barrel wrote::D
Phorever wrote:Presumably, it filled with water.
So, how did it sink?
MrBstard says...
12:35pm Fri 5 Oct 12